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38-Year-Old Killed In Horrific Crash On Busy CT Roadway 38-Year-Old Killed In Horrific Crash On Busy CT Roadway
38-Year-Old Killed In Horrific Crash On Busy CT Roadway A 38-year-old tow-truck driver assisting a disabled driver on I-91 in Connecticut died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in New Haven County, officials said. Shortly after 6:20 p.m. on Saturday, May 21, in North Haven, first responders responded to a stretch of the interstate after Tolland County resident Christopher Russell, of Ellington, was struck by a driver near Exit 11. According to police, Russell “was projected and struck the trunk and rear windshield of (the vehicle he was assisting) before falling to a prone position facing east in the right shoulder (of I-91).” Russel…

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by Zak Failla
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36-Year-Old Woman Killed In Western Mass Crash 36-Year-Old Woman Killed In Western Mass Crash
36-Year-Old Woman Killed In Western Mass Crash Massachusetts State Police detectives are investigating a fatal rollover crash that left a 36-year-old woman dead and a minor with serious injuries. State Police troopers in Westfield responded to the single-vehicle crash on Route 90 at 1:45 p.m. on Friday, June 18 in Chicopee, where there was a report of a driver and passenger who suffered serious injuries on the roadway. Police said that the preliminary investigation into the crash determined that a 36-year-old woman from Palmer was driving eastbound on Route 90 when she lost control and her Subaru Forester rolled over. The vehicle cros…

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by Zak Failla
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State Police Asking For Witness, Dash Cam Video In Fatal CT Crash State Police Asking For Witness, Dash Cam Video In Fatal CT Crash
State Police Asking For Witness, Dash Cam Video In Fatal CT Crash Connecticut State Police are asking motorists who may have dash cameras for help with a fatal crash. The crash, which killed Iris Nereida Maldonado, age 39, of Bristol, took place around 3:50 a.m., Monday, June 7, on I-84 in East Hartford, state police said.  State police said Maldonado’s 2001 Honda Civic LX was headed west on I-84 behind a 2012 Freightliner Cascadia tractor-trailer when it hit the back of the truck. She was taken to Hartford Hospital where she later died, state police said. The tractor-trailer driver wasn’t injured. State Police say they don’t know why the coll…

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by Kathy Reakes